Rack for magazines and other articles



Dec. 31, 1940. D. w. JONES RACK FOR MAGAZINES AND OTHER ARTICLES Filed Feb. 8, 1939 AVID W2, JONES dttorneg 5 Patented Dec. 31, 1940 UNITED; STATES 'PATENT OFFICE y nAoKFoR MAGAZINES orianaA` f ARTICLES David W. Jones, Columbus, Ohio Application February 8, 1939,Se'rial1N` 255,189

claims. (o1. 45`e4 i This invention relates to racks for storing magazines and other articles such for'example as sheet music, pictures, and other flat lpieces and has for its principal object to provide an 5 improved simple and economical construction of suchl furniture whereby the inclosing members thereof keep the contents compacted and canbe manipulated and moved to permit ready examination or removal of any of thecontentswhen desired. Other purposes of the invention will appear from the disclosure herein. l

The invention is embodied in thepreferred example herein shown and described, the feature of novelty being finally claimed. i

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevationof one side of therack with Iportions broken out to show some details; and

Fig. 2 isa transverse verticalsectional View on the line II-II looking tothe left.

The frame or stationary part of the rack includes four legs or posts'5 between which are secured similar side rails 6 and similar end boards 1. The said end boards are secured together and braced at the top by a longitudinal board 8 which in operation .affords a rest for the upper margin of each of the inner boards hereinafter referred to. The upper portion of each of end boards 'I is provided with xed stop pegs la, la, equally spaced as shown from the connecting board or beam 8; and said end boards I are lalso provided with stop pegs I, lb, located correspondingly near the four connections of the side rails with the said end boards. The purpose of these stops will be hereinafter explained Secured across the lower portions of the end boards I are pentagonal or V-shaped pieces 9 each presenting surfaces Se inclined from the apex thereof downward toward the rail 6. Each of said pieces 9 is provided near its apex with stop or peg 9b for purpose to be hereinafter explained.`

At each side of the longitudinal vertical middle plane of the stationary part of the frame, the construction is substantially similar and as the movable parts installed in the frame at opposite sides thereof and now to be described are substantially `similar a description of one will suice for both.

The container for the articles to be stored includes a bottom member or board Ii) having hinged at I2 to the outer edge thereof, an outer closing member or board II; In fully opened position said closing board II rests on the side rail 6. The bottom board IIJ s supported at its opposite ends on the parallel inclined surfaces 9EL and can `be slid inward or outward byappropriate transverse oscillation of the closing board II.v The inwardv movement ofthe bottom board I0 is limited bythe lugs Ie xed. on the lower side thereof contacting with the stop pegs 9b.

The closing board II is provided `with a notch Hein each of its ends so positioned that said boardcannot be swung to'closing position until the bottom board I0 is slid downward to near the junction of the incline 9a with the side rail 10 G and where the notches II a can move in an arc containingthe pegs '1b.Y The stops 'Ib serve as a temporary fulcrum for the outer closing member II in initially moving the bottom member in the closing movement of the outer member. 15

The-character I3 designates an Vinner closi-ng member or board it being inserted between the frame ends connecting member 8 and stop pins `Ia, said pins 'Ia being spaced from the connecting-board Ii` to allowfree movement of the board 20 I3. Said inner closing board I3 has its lower edge rounded where it rests on the bottom board and canslide on said bottom board especially when somewhat-,drawn out at its lower margin to the extent permitted by the content if any 25 between theboards` II and I3 as depicted .at the right hand side of Fig-2. The -board I3 is supported at its upper edge in all its inclined positions by the frame ends connecting board 8.

The inner edge of the bottom board is pro- 30 vided with one or more upwardly extended narrow flat lugs I4 of sheet metal that can engage the inner side of lower margin of the inner closing board I3 so that when the outer board II is swung toward closing position, the said inner 35 board I3 is drawn by said lugs I4 at its lower edge toward the outer closing board II. The result of this operation is that inner and outer boards are brought into substantially parallel position Whether the pack between `them be 40 thick, thin or nil, this being due to the weight of the freely movable board I3 and the contents if any.

By obvious omission or modification, the rack can be made as single instead of double as 45 shown, and where the rack is made double, the lugs I4 on the bottom boards can, if necessary, be in staggered location so as not to abut against each other if both outer boards are fully opened.

By reason of the construction described the 50 magazines or sheets between the boards are kept flat, compacted and smooth; and when closed the pack is protected from the deposit of dust. But if desired a cover, not shown, can be attached to the end boards. When the inner board is swung 55 out by operation of the lug I4 said board is drawn into better position to slide by gravity down on the inclines on which it rests and into contact with the lower end of the pack of magazines or sheets between the boards. In the open position of the boards the magazines or sheets can be examined and picked out at will. When a magazine is added to the contents of the container while in exposed position the added one, upon the closing movement the outer board crowds the pack, an'd the inner board thereupon, being released, permits the added magazine to. drop to resting positon on the bottom board.

It is obvious that the structure shown'or partsv thereof can be made of any suitable material, other than wood such, for example, as metal or.

hardened plastic material and it is not intended that my claims shall be limited to either the ma-. terial or the forms or number of parts herein,k

shown and described.

What I claim is: 'j

1,. A rack of the class described including a frame having spaced end walls with a beam connecting the upper ends thereof, stops in said end walls spacedfrom said connecting beam, side rails connecting the lower portions of said end walls and said end walls provided with downwardly and outwardly inclined guides, a container installed in said frame including a bottom member slidable on said inclined guides, an outer closure memberl movably connected with said bottom member for actuating the same, an inner closure member resting slidably on said bottom member, and means on said bottom member vfor actuating the inner closuremember when the outer closure member is moved toward closing position.

2. A rack of the class described including a frame having spaced end walls with a beam connecting the upper portions thereof, stops in said end walls spaced from said connecting beam, side rails connecting the lower portions of said end walls, said end walls provided at their lower portions withv guides inclined downwardly toward the side rails, a container installed in said frame including a bottom member slidable on said. vinclined guides, an outer closure member pivotally connected with said bottom member for actuating the same, an inner closure member resting slidably on said bottom member, and means on said bottom member for actuating the inner closure member when the outer closure member is moved toward closing position.

3. In a rack of the class described, a frame having parallel end walls and a connecting beam between its upper portions, said end walls also provided with parallel downwardly and outwardly inclined guides, a container between said end Walls including a bottom member slidably supported on said inclined guides, an outer cover "member operably connected with the outer edge "of 'said bottom member and an inner cover mem- ,.,ber loosely and slidably resting at its lower edge on said bottom member and supported on said connecting beam at its upper portion.

4,'In a ra'ck of the class described, a frame having parallel end walls connected at their upper portions with a beam and at their lower portions by rails, downwardly and outwardly inclined guides in said frame, a container installed in said frame including a bottom member slidable on said inclined guides, an outer lclosure member operably connected with said bottom member for actuating the same, an inner closure member resting and movable transversely thereon, a stop means in said end Vwalls forming a temporary` fulcrum for nthe outer closure for causing initial outward movement of the lower edge of said lbottom member upon the closing movement of theouter closing member. l

5.A A rack of the vclass described including a frame having spaced end Walls and suitable means for connecting said walls, parallel downwardly and outwardly inclined guiding means on said end walls, a container installed in said frame including a bottom member slidable on said inclined guiding means, an outer closure member hingedly connected with, the outer margin of said bottom member for reciprocating said bottom member on said inclined guiding means, an inner closure member loosely resting at its lower edge and transversely slidable at said edge on said bottom member, and means'on said frame for limiting the movements of said inner closure member atits upper portion.

I DAVID W. JONES. 

